It's been over 4 years as a happy user of TypePad for hosting www.greenm3.com, but I have new ideas for the blog and a new platform makes things much easier. In the process of moving I will be making other... Continue reading

A week ago I had the honor of presenting a eulogy at Olivier Sanche’s Memorial Service. It was one of the most difficult tasks I had to figure out what to say about Olivier’s work in the data center industry.... Continue reading

Fast Company has an article on Shell dropping its Algae biofuel project. Shell Ditches Algae Biofuel BY ARIEL SCHWARTZWed Feb 2, 2011 Oil companies are decent barometers of which biofuels are on the upswing. Case in point: As the hype... Continue reading

I was chatting with a good friend who I worked with at Apple, and we were discussing how cloud environments get built. We both left Apple 20 years ago, and we have since spent time in the enterprise services space,... Continue reading

Nik - good points. I used to run hardware projects at Apple and the EMC issues could definitely cause performance issues that influence other machines. But, Google could solve the EMC issues and not bother with certification.
Another reason Google could be doing custom server hardware is they could create custom ASICs for various algorithms. their volumes are large enough and their algorithms mature enough that they could in theory create ASICs that are higher performing than running the algorithms in SW. There have been a variety of ASIC positions open at Google, and custom ASICs have been developed for network gear that Google also has manufactured.
google's hardware team has server, network, and storage. I checked their job postings a year ago, and it looks like google is hiring more this year.

We all know Google builds their own server hardware. From what Google has learned building their own servers, could they get in the server business selling Google appliances for those who want to own the infrastructure and not go to the cloud. Why would I think this could happen because I took ...

I don't think Google has bothered with EMC compliance in the past as their custom motherboards were not sold to others. Given it was for their own consumption, they could bypass the regulatory issues meant for those who sell IT equipment. Getting EMC compliance I would interpret means Google intends to sell Google labeled server HW.
When you look at the way the Google motherboards have been installed in a rack, there is no nameplate that you would normally put a certification certificate.

We all know Google builds their own server hardware. From what Google has learned building their own servers, could they get in the server business selling Google appliances for those who want to own the infrastructure and not go to the cloud. Why would I think this could happen because I took ...

We all know Google builds their own server hardware. From what Google has learned building their own servers, could they get in the server business selling Google appliances for those who want to own the infrastructure and not go to... Continue reading

With Verizon purchase of Terremark, it is interesting to watch the Telco industry figure out how to grow. On the other side, looking at Google growing into the Telco space is interesting. Check out these 29 open networking positions at... Continue reading

Someone asked a good question on what Google server hardware looks like. Decided to go up and take a look at who Google is hiring and found a position for Optics Hardware engineer. The role: Optics Hardware Engineer As an... Continue reading

I recently caught up with a data center executive to discuss who was moving where. I told him Mike Manos was moving. Reviewed a few people I heard had thrown their hat in for vacant positions. Where there was likely... Continue reading

Mike Manos makes another career move, and lands at AOL. I’ve Got Mail….A new Aol. January 27, 2011 by mmanos You may have seen the announcement today about my recent decision and move to join the new leadership team at... Continue reading

When Verizon announced its acquisition of Terremark I was meeting with Silent Partner's Kevin Francis. We chatted about what it meant to the industry, and he quickly fired off some e-mails to a few others to discuss the implications of... Continue reading

Netflix wrote about its move to AWS and how well things worked. 5 Lessons We’ve Learned Using AWS In my last post I talked about some of the reasons we chose AWS as our computing platform. We’re about one year... Continue reading

Telcos in China are different that the US and understanding them can be difficult. Here is some information for you to consider. Also, keep in mind Telcos are going to be key players in any data center build out in... Continue reading

I don't know anyone in the data center crowd who makes the list of people who attend the World Economic Forum in Davos. 10 years ago I went with my team for a technical presentation at a computer conference in... Continue reading

CRN has an article on IBM's partnering with Range Technology group. IBM (NYSE:IBM) and a Chinese company have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the building of Asia's largest data center just outside Beijing. Executives of IBM and... Continue reading

Zynga has made changes in their data center networks with solutions like peering in Equinix facilities with Facebook's equinix presence. Low latency networks have three big markets - securities trading, gaming, and advertising. Zynga plays in gaming and will in... Continue reading

Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge has a good post on the value of a millisecond for competitive carriers. More Speed, at $80,000 a Millisecond January 24th, 2011 : Rich Miller A panel at last week’s PTC ’11 conference in... Continue reading

TriplePundit has a post on the Top 5 trends in Green Data Center in 2011. Top Five Trends for Green Data Centers in 2011 By Kathryn Siranosian | January 18th, 2011 3 Comments Last year, Triple Pundit took an in-depth... Continue reading

NYTimes has a post on uptime. 99.999% Reliable? Don’t Hold Your Breath By RANDALL STROSS AT&T’s dial tone set the all-time standard for reliability. It was engineered so that 99.999 percent of the time, you could successfully make a phone... Continue reading

ZDNET has a post summarizing the three data center rating systems out there - Uptime, LEED, and CEEDA. The author summarizes the current rating system hype. How does your datacenter rate? By David Chernicoff | January 20, 2011, 11:39am PST... Continue reading

I am reading a book on FedEx. The author is a distribution logistics expert. About the Author Roger Frock has conducted numerous projects and workshops dealing with the subjects of transportation networks, logistics operating systems, and responsible and ethical management... Continue reading

Google announced Larry Page is CEO, replacing Eric Schmidt. But as Google has grown, managing the business has become more complicated. So Larry, Sergey and I have been talking for a long time about how best to simplify our management... Continue reading

My wife and I just watched The Social Network on DVD. We have a 9 and 6 year old so going out to movies together is rare. The Social Network Trailer My wife worked in sales for many companies like... Continue reading

Asia Pacific is one of the big growth markets. Equinix and Digital Realty Trust are expanding in the these markets with partnerships. Those left out of these partnerships could try to compete individually or create their own partnerships like the... Continue reading